About Canberra Placenta Services
Honouring the amazing role the placenta plays in bringing life into the world - with placenta encapsulation, tincture, balm, art, planting kits.
Canberra Placenta Services Description
Is your placenta in your Birth Plan?
What plans do you have for when your body and your baby no longer need their placenta?
Haven't thought that far?
Know exactly what you want to do?
Somewhere in between?
In many cultures, the placenta is not simply discarded as medical waste. The placenta is recognised as a beautiful organ.
It is the only organ that develops and grows within another organ. It is responsible for growing a healthy baby. It is the bridge between a mother and her baby in the womb. In medieval times it was said to nurture an unborn baby’s body and soul, in Indonesia it is called the brother or sister, in Nepal it is known as bucha-co-satthi, meaning baby's friend, it is honoured as truly unique and amazing.
For thousands of years there have been rituals surrounding the burial of the placenta.
Some women will eat a small piece of the placenta raw at the birth to avoid haemorrhage.
The placenta is considered a powerful medicine. It is believed that ingesting placenta can contribute to :
Decrease in baby blues
Decrease in postnatal depression
Increase and enrich breast milk.
Increase in energy
Decrease postnatal bleeding.
Decrease iron deficiency
Decrease sleep disorders
More and more women today are no longer discarding their placentas but choosing to honour their strength and health.